'One in 10 Muslims are in 7/7 denial'
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The Tory leader raised his concerns after staying with an Islamic family in Birmingham. Arguing that parts of the Muslim community are in denial about terrorism, he writes on his website: "In the mosque and elsewhere I got the familiar depressing questions about who was really responsible for 9/11 and even 7/7.
"Dig a bit deeper and it all comes out, 'CIA plot ... Jews told to leave the twin towers'. Even when it comes to 7/7, 'how do we know the suicide bomber videos are real and not fakes?' "Even if this is a view held by five or 10 per cent of British Muslims - and I suspect it is at least that - this is a real problem which we have all got to get to grips with."
However, after staying with a Muslim couple and their three children in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, he also accused the media and MPs of causing anger among some Muslims with inappropriate language.
Calling for people to stop using the words "Islamist terrorists" he adds: "It's hard to over-emphasise the importance of language. "Every time the BBC or a politician talks about Islamist terrorists they are doing immense harm."
